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Q How can I keep my hair colour fresh for as long as possible?

A This is a question we have addressed in several books. In Beauty Bible Beauty Steals, we give tips on how to make salon treatments last longer, and in our latest edition of The Anti-Ageing Beauty Bible, we give you the award-winners in coloured haircare.

Here are top tips on keeping your hair colour vibrant:

The day before colouring – at home or in salon, wash with a clarifying shampoo to remove excess built-up of products, so the colour penetrates deeper and lasts longer.

After colouring, wait at least two – preferably three – days before shampooing, so the pigment is fully sealed in the hair shaft.

Don’t shampoo daily; every two or three days is plenty, less if you live in the country.

Use a conditioner and/or styling aid with built-in sunscreens (even in the autumn) to prevent the sun fading your shade.

If you use heated styling tools, spritz on a thermal protection spray first, such as Dove Heat Defence Mist, £2.99 for 150 ml.

Swop to an ionic styling tool, such as the John Frieda Air Styler (beloved by Sarah, who never goes anywhere without one of her collection!), £39.99. Also use an ionic hairdryer. Ionic tools are claimed to emit negative ions that seal the cuticle layer, giving smoother hair and keeping in colour. We love them!

John Frieda Air Styler

The new award winners in the Coloured Haircare category, in The Anti-Ageing Beauty Bible, include these shampoos, which we suggest you try with matching conditioners:

Aveda Clove Shampoo, £25 for 1000 ml: a shampoo for brunettes, ‘gave colour a new lease of life, and fantastic shine’.

Pureology Hydrate Shampoo, £14.85 for 250 ml: this features an ‘anti-fade’ complex; testers’ comments include ‘prolongs the brightness of my colour, delivered a beautiful gloss and shine’.

Look out for Ojon’s new Color Sustain PRO Fade Fighter, especially formulated to help retain colour vibrancy and depth for up to 40 washes. You use it once a week instead of conditioner. It launches on November 1st, and the price is £25.

Beauty Bible loves❤ Darphin Vitalskin Replumping Energic Emulsion.

We tend to think of skin as having the ‘blahs’ at the end of winter – but for many women it’s a problem as summer segues into autumn, too. When a tan (fake or real) fades, skin can look drab – but this energising serum is a fab fix: a delectably-scented serum featuring notes of rose, jasmine and mandarin, which plumps up skin and boosts its vitality thanks to a fusion of brown algae (Laminaria digitata) and an Oriental medicinal fruit which glories in the name of Sapindus Mikorossi. Darphin trialled it, in particular, on mothers aged between 25-45 (a de-energised bunch if ever there was one) – and they, like us, raved about its face-waking powers. £39 for 50ml